Company Becomes First Privately-held FedRAMP-Ready Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Site with an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Shield

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INDIANAPOLIS – August 11, 2017– Lifeline Data Centers is pleased to announce it has been awarded FedRAMP-Ready status by the United States government. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. The FedRAMP application process is an arduous and painstakingly-detailed authorization that few cloud service providers and data centers are capable of obtaining. So very few organizations attain FedRAMP authorization because the bar for security, operating control structure and reporting is set so incredibly high. Lifeline Data Centers has become the first privately-held FedRAMP-ready IaaS site with an EMP shield.

In Forbes’ 2017 State Of Cloud Adoption And Security report, writer Louis Columbus proclaimed, “In 15 months, 80 percent of all IT budgets will be committed to cloud apps and solutions. [While] 49% of businesses are delaying cloud deployment due to a cyber security skills gap.” Lifeline Data Centers and RedRack™, the company’s new hosting space for top-secret information, can now fill this gap within organizations and the government.

FedRAMP-Ready status allows Lifeline Data Centers to begin conversations with government agencies and private corporations to host sensitive data, all the way up to Top Secret information. Currently, only six other organizations nationwide have attained the FedRAMP-Ready designation for an IaaS/PaaS to this level of security. Additionally, Lifeline Data Centers is the only cloud and data center provider to carry a FedRAMP authorization in the Midwest and only data center in the country that includes an EMP-shielded data center. Lifeline Data Centers is also the only FedRAMP-ready cloud services provider that controls all layers of the services stack, meaning they own the real estate, the data center facilities, and directly employ the professionals that maintain all of it.

“We began this federal authorization effort nearly three years ago,” said Rich Banta, managing member for Lifeline Data Centers. “By aligning all business processes and overhauling all technology infrastructure, we have been able to pass rigorous intrusion penetration testing and the exhaustive audit process required by the FedRAMP Project Management Office.”

Lifeline Data Centers is now offering corporate clients the same level of security and uptime, and high-end benefits not found with any other data center or cloud service in the country on its RedRack platform.

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RedRack is a top-secret hosting space powered by Lifeline Data Centers. RedRack keeps your vital information private and secure without compromise. We handle the complicated and stringent compliance requirements of the U.S. Government so you don’t have to. Helping you to reduce the complexity of compliance and auditing. Our motto is Simply Compliant, Simply Invoiced, Simply Secure.